Animal Tracks: Jan. 1 - 8

Animal Tracks: Jan. 1 - 8

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Let the eagle soar -

A bald eagle soars through Lucas Oil Stadium during the national anthem before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Kansas City Chiefs in Indianapolis on Jan. 4.

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Staying close -

A baby elephant, not yet named, walks next to his mother, named Manari, at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on Jan. 3.

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Staying alert -

Backdropped by the Cadiz Bay, a cat stretches in front of the Atlantic ocean in Cadiz, Spain. on Jan. 3.

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New baby -

A new baby male giraffe born on New Year's Day at the Birmingham Zoo makes his debut on Jan. 3. The baby was born to Willow, his 5-year-old mother and Jalil, his 7-year-old father.

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Rare sighting -

A rare 9-month-old albino kangaroo hops around at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on Jan. 2.

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Snow bird -

A snowy owl sits on a dune at Little Talbot Island State Park on Jan. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla. This is only the third confirmed report of a snowy owl spotted in Florida.

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Beautiful butterfly -

A butterfly sits on a leaf during an animal inventory at the Biosphere Potsdam, a tropical plants and animal park, in Potsdam, Germany, on Jan 2.

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Leaping lizards -

Keeper Ben Baker looks at a Bell's anglehead lizard as it sits on the end of his pencil during the annual inventory at Chester Zoo in England on Jan. 2.

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Counting the animals -

Kumbuka, a western lowland gorilla, looks at a sign during ZSL London Zoo's annual inventory of animals on Jan. 2.

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Pretty pelicans -

Pelicans are counted during ZSL London Zoo's annual inventory of animals on Jan. 2.

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Peek-a-boo -

A meerkat peers out from beneath a rock during ZSL London Zoo's annual inventory of animals on Jan. 2.

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Animal census -

Humboldt penguins swim in a pool during ZSL London Zoo's annual inventory of animals on Jan. 2.

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La Cucaracha -

A keeper holds a hissing cockroach during ZSL London Zoo's annual inventory of animals on Jan. 2.

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Marine wonder -

A barrel jellyfish floats in a blue-lit aquarium at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on Jan. 2.

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Adopted hopper -

Six-year old Lina Ismer, daughter of the Tierpark Stroehen animal park director, holds baby kangaroo "Karl Friedelich" in a woolen cap on Jan. 2 in Strohen, Germany. Since the little kangaroo's mother died, Friedelich has been raised by the animal park director's family.